Narasimha was one of the biggest hits in the history of Malayalam cinema. It was also the highest grossing Malayalam film of 2000. This is one of those films where people still wonder if the Mohanlal-Shajikailas-Ranjith partnership will ever have another such great hit.
Just like the name, the intro and character intro of the film is filled with a lion. Mohanlal’s arrival in the film was accompanied by a lion leaping along the banks of the river. But Shaji Kailas, who is also the director of the film, is telling how he brought a lion in the film.
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That lion was original. It came from a production executive named Praveen Parapanangadi. If you give half of a goat to a lion, it will eat the whole thing and lie down and sleep. If you knock it, it will rise again, but it will not do anything to anyone. While sitting like that, Klaus is shooting on Steadicam.
Meanwhile, the lion slipped on the sand and went away. Then it comes towards the camera. Not even counting the camera assistant. Just me and Sanjeev (Sanjeev Shankar-the film’s cameraman). I said don’t get tensed. The courage was that the trainer was with him. Meanwhile, the trainer of the lion ran forward and fell in front of it.
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Then one more person came and controlled the lion – says Shaji Kailas. When I asked again, he said. Whatever comes in front of it will bite if it is alive. But he lay panting in front of the lion. Shaji Kailas clarified this in an interview given to Club FM.
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